‘The Color Purple’ Trailer: Fantasia Barrino Shines As Celie In First Look At Remake

The Color Purple is going to animate audiences each implicit again erstwhile the philharmonic remake hits theaters connected Christmas Day. On May 22, Warner Bros. released the trailer for the upcoming movie starring American Idol winner Fantasia Barrino in her debut movie role.

Fantasia Barrino successful ‘The Color Purple.’ (Warner Bros.)

The archetypal trailer shows the spot of the enslaved betwixt Celie and her sister, Nettie. They’re separated arsenic teenagers, and Celie has ne'er forgotten astir her sister successful her big years. When she’s older, Shug Avery takes Celie nether her wing. The footage features Fantasia showing disconnected her unthinkable vocals.

The trailer for manager Blitz Bazawule‘s philharmonic remake was archetypal shown to audiences astatine CinemaCon successful April. Oprah Winfrey, who played Sofia successful the 1985 movie and is simply a shaper connected the 2023 remake, was determination with Blitz to contiguous the footage. Oprah described the upcoming movie arsenic a “celebration of sisterhood” that has some “magical realism” and “wholesome, fantastic household goodness,” according to IndieWire. “They are survivors due to the fact that of their interior strength, and that is however Celie particularly finds her voice,” Oprah besides said. “And successful this film, lad does she person a voice.”

Halle Bailey successful ‘The Color Purple.’ (Warner Bros.)

The Color Purple stars Fantasia, Colman Domingo, Taraji P. Henson, Corey Hawkins, Danielle Brooks, H.E.R., Ciara, Halle Bailey, David Alan Grier, and Aunjanue Ellis. Oprah is 1 of the producers alongside Steven Spielberg, who directed the 1985 flick. Quincy Jones, who composed the people for the erstwhile movie, is besides a producer.

The upcoming movie is simply a big-screen remake of the Tony Award-winning philharmonic that was based connected Alice Novel‘s 1982 novel. The projects each archer the communicative of a Black pistillate named Celie who is surviving successful the agrarian South during the aboriginal 1900s. The archetypal movie based on The Color Purple was released successful 1985 and starred Oprah, Whoopi Goldberg, Margaret Avery, and Danny Glover. It was nominated for 11 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actress for Whoopi, and Best Supporting Actress for Oprah, but did not triumph successful immoderate of the categories.

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